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CITGO Steps up After Severe Winter Storms Hit Texas, Louisiana
March 12, 2021 GMT
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HOUSTON, March 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ In the wake of severe, back-to-back mid-February winter storms that seriously impacted Texas and Louisiana, CITGO stepped up to provide ongoing support to affected communities. The intense, damaging storms prompted a major disaster declaration from the Federal Government, and both Texas and Louisiana declared emergencies in impacted counties.
“With CITGO refineries in Corpus Christi, Texas and Lake Charles, Louisiana, and our corporate headquarters in Houston, the lion’s share of our employees experienced these devastating storms first-hand,” said CITGO President and CEO Carlos Jordá. “These are the communities where we live, so we immediately moved to lend a hand.”
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Texans of color, disproportionately devastated by death and unemployment during the last year, tend to live in neighborhoods with older homes, more vulnerable pipes and fewer food options. That's made it harder to withstand the cold temperatures and power outages.
While the catastrophe wrought by unprecedented weather in Texas was shared by millions left shivering in their own homes, the suffering was not equally spread.